What we teach
History Tutoring
History is assessed on argument and use of evidence, not on how much the student can recall. The most common cause of a disappointing grade is a well-informed answer that never actually argues anything.
Lessons build the two core skills the mark schemes reward: constructing a sustained line of argument that answers the question set, and using sources and interpretations analytically — provenance, purpose and limitation — rather than paraphrasing them.
We tutor GCSE and IGCSE history, A-Level history including the coursework component, IB History HL and SL, and AP World, European and US History with their DBQ and LEQ formats.
Exam boards and qualifications we cover
- AQA
- Pearson Edexcel
- OCR
- WJEC / Eduqas
- Cambridge (CAIE) IGCSE & International A-Level
- IB History HL & SL
- College Board AP World, European & US History
Levels our history tutors currently teach: Middle School, High School, AP, Year 7–10, HSC, VCE, IGCSE, A-Level, IB.
Syllabus coverage
What history tutoring covers
Source & interpretation skills
- Provenance and utility
- Cross-referencing evidence
- Evaluating historians' interpretations
- Contextual knowledge in analysis
Essay craft
- Answering the question set
- Sustained argument and judgement
- Structuring across paragraphs
- Timed writing technique
Common periods
- Medicine and public health through time
- Nazi Germany and the Weimar Republic
- Cold War and international relations
- Tudor and Stuart Britain
In the lesson
What a lesson actually looks like
A diagnostic first lesson
The tutor works through a short set of problems to find where understanding actually breaks down — which is usually one or two topics earlier than the one causing trouble in class.
Teaching, then practice under exam conditions
Concepts are taught from first principles on the shared whiteboard, then applied to past-paper questions from the student's own board, timed and marked against the real mark scheme.
Feedback the student can act on
Each lesson ends with what went well, the specific technique to fix, and targeted practice before the next session. Parents get regular progress updates.
History tutoring starts from USD 15 per hour. See all plans.
Tutors who teach history
Maha
"Your go-to expert for Maths, Sciences, and Humanities — making learning simple and effective."
James Whitfield
English & History specialist
Arooba
Where Environmental Science Meets Exceptional Teaching
Fiza
"Engaging Educator | Turning Challenging Concepts into Simple, Confident Learning"
FAQ
History tutoring — your questions
How do you approach the AP DBQ?
As a structured task with a rubric that can be worked through point by point — thesis, contextualisation, evidence from the documents, evidence beyond them, and sourcing. Students who learn the rubric as a checklist reliably outperform students who write well but ignore it.
My child knows the content but scores in the middle bands. Why?
Almost always because they are narrating rather than arguing. The fix is structural: decide the judgement first, then use the content to support it. It usually shows up within a few marked essays.
Other humanities subjects
Find your history tutor
Tell us the level and curriculum you're working towards — we'll match you with a specialist, usually within a day.